Langston Movie Review

The film I chose to watch was Lust Caution a film from acclaimed Academy Award winning director Ang Lee of Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The movie is set against the back drop of a country in transition. China is under control of the Japanese, and a group of college students decide to join the resistance and assassinate a ruthless intelligence agent. A young lady goes undercover as a seductive socialite in an effort to gain his trust. She finds herself entangled and a web of sex, deceit, and betrayal, loosing her self along the way.
I thought the movie was extremely well acted the costumes were believable for the time period the movie was portraying, and the plot was amazing.The film explored love, cultural identity, loyalty, and politics, and it focused on conflict between the Japaneses and Chinese that I was not fully aware of. What was fascinating were some of the extracurricular activities the Chinese part take in such as a game they play which is similar to American Domino's, and their music is beautiful. I recommend that everyone rent this film it is easy to keep up with and keeps you guessing, if you do not like violence or sexual content it may not be for you otherwise a must see.

Langston Roberson

Get to Know Me

Hello Class I am Langston Roberson. I received my Undergraduate Degree from Saint Xavier University January 2005. Since then I have worked an array of jobs from promotions with the Chicago Rush Arena Football Team, Assistant Manager with Oberiweis Dairy in Orland Park. Most recently I worked on The Barack Obama Presidential Campaign in Toledo Ohio, and the Dr. Victory Forys Congressional campaign for the Chicago 5th Congressional District.

I am in my second semester at Saint Xavier University Graduate program. At this time I am a substitute teacher with Chicago Charter schools and I am Co-founder of Karry A Tune Karaoke. We bring the fun of Karaoke to you home, corporate event, and special events. Beyond my professional career, I have an 8 year daughter Essence Roberson who lives with me, being a full time father is definitely a challenge. I love soul music, movies, and poetry. I am a movie buff, If there are any films that you think I have not seen send them my way Drama, comedy, foreign anything.

I look forward to this trip meeting new people and getting to know the group that I will be spending a week with. While in Ohio I worked with a diverse group of people who really opened my eyes and challenged some of my beliefs in a good way. I hope that on this trip we can have some of those same experiences.